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In the rural South where Medicaid has been a lifeline, residents brace for cuts

Rosie Brown, executive director at East Carroll Community Action Agency in Lake Providence, La., said many people in the area struggle to make ends meet. Medicaid expansion was a lifeline for the town. Now, she said, President Donald Trump

With Medicaid cutbacks on the horizon, millions in the U.S. are expected to go uninsured. In the Mississippi Delta region — one of the poorest places in the U.S. — people are stressed and mad.

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